Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court has surprised the executive authorities by annulling an agreement concluded by former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to regulate maritime navigation with Kuwait in Khor Abdullah. The court said Monday that it ruled that the agreement concluded with Kuwait in 2013 was unconstitutional, “based on the provisions of the Iraqi Constitution, which stipulates that the process of ratifying international treaties and agreements shall be regulated by a law enacted by a two-thirds majority of the members of Parliament.”